Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Torchwood

I do not remember why I started watching Torchwood. All I do remember is that I started to watch it last weekend; and I have been watching and downloading music videos on Jack and Ianto, downloaded and watched all of the episodes, and have been coming up with ideas for videos.

To start, Torchwood is a spin-off of Doctor Who with Captain Jack Harkness as the main character. Ianto is an employee. He starts off as, basically, only a coffee boy. When Jack is gone for a year, Ianto starts going on all missions with Gwen, Toshiko, and Owen. It took me ten or so minutes to get the timeline between Jack playing in Doctor Who and Torchwood straight.

Here's the timeline: You meet Jack in Doctor Who. After the first season with the ninth doctor, Jack takes his place in Torchwood. At the end of the first season of Torchwood, Jack disappears (you hear the TARDIS so you figure Jack is with Doctor). Jack is back in Doctor Who for a few episodes with the Master which, for their time, would be a year. At the end, Jack leaves. At the beginning of the second season of Torchwood, Jack reappears. Between the second and third season of Torchwood, Jack, Ianto, and Gwen play a part in the last two episodes of the fourth season of Doctor Who. Then we have the third season (which consists of only five episodes) of Torchwood. At the end of the fifth episode, Jack leaves Earth to travel so that he can try to forget things. In the last episode with the tenth doctor, you see Jack at a bar. I read that Jack will be back for the fourth season of Torchwood, which takes place sometime later.

Anyway... Jack and Ianto began a relationship in Torchwood. Unfortunately, Ianto dies in the fourth episode of the third season. Because of everything that Jack went through in those last episodes of the season, he leaves. Their relationship was beautiful (in my opinion) but Jack's intentions were (and still are) questionable. I mean, does Jack actually love Ianto or was Ianto only, according to Owen, Jack's "part-time shag?" An example of the thing that keeps me worried about the relationship between Jack and Ianto is that at Gwen's wedding reception, she continues to dance with Jack several seconds after Ianto clears his throat and asks to cut in so that he could dance with Jack. Even within the first several seconds when both men dance, Jack looks back at Gwen.

For a couple of the videos, I have how I want to start the videos and who they are going to be about. One of the videos I came up with made me cry when I watched the clip before I listened to the song. The clip I came up with was when Ianto was dying and asked Jack if he would remember him, even in a thousand years to which Jack replied that he would and that he promised. After that scene, I have "Please Remember Me" by John Barrowman (Jack). I read comments to the song on YouTube. Some of the people were saying that it would be Jack remembering Ianto and others saying that that song is definitely their song.

The other video I have planned is when Gwen tells Rhys (although I will try to make it so that she is telling Jack) that Ianto died. The song I have is "My December" by Linkin Park. The song is to be what Jack is like after having lost Ianto.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Osama bin Laden Dead!!

It has been almost ten years since September 11, 2001, where approximately 3,000 people were killed at the Twin Towers in New York City, at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

This was started by hijackers hijacking four airplanes under the command of Osama bin Laden. Throughout these ten years, bin Laden has been sending videos, basically mocking the United States and telling us that he commanded the attack against us. He has also been in Pakistan these past several years.

President George Bush said that we should do everything to stop terrorist groups and take down bin Laden. He should be getting the credit. Not Barack Obama because he has only received the war. He has not even served in the military before. The credit should most definitely go to our military. And even Bush for sending troops to the Middle East. Obama should only get credit for giving our troops the go-ahead for the finding of bin Laden.

Richard Engel, a correspondent for NBC, said that bin Laden was the "symbol for war against the United States."

Brian Williams, anchor for Nightly News on NBC, said that New York City is under security for the next few days because of bin Laden's murder. He also said that it will be hard for people to enter or leave the city during the present time. Williams said that it has been 9 years, 7 months, and 20 days since the attack on 9/11.

Jim Miklaszewski, a correspondent for NBC at the Pentagon, said that the threat level has been raised due to current news.

In Obama's speech, he began with telling the United States and the world that Osama bin Laden is dead. He went on to start with 9/11, reminding us of how it was a clear day. And then the attacks occurred. He said that, in light of the attacks, the people came together. "[W]e were united as one American family." Obama said that bin Laden was committed to killing innocents in the U.S. and around the world. He said that, in our Fight Against Terror, we have killed several of the men that had helped in the plot against the U.S. He said that in the gunfight against the U.S. and bin Laden, no Americans were harmed, nor any civilians.

Obama continued with saying that Bush said that the war was not against Islam but again bin Laden, a mass murderer. Obama said that we "did not choose this fight. It came to our shores..." He also said that we know what the cost of war is. He went on to say, "[W]e will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly ben when our people have been killed." Obama finished his speech by saying, "Justice has been done." And said: "[O]ne nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

After the speech, Williams gave numbers to the attack on 9/11. He said that there were 2,600 killed in New York City, 125 in the Pentagon, and 256 on four air crafts. He said that this attack "surpasses Pearl Harbor." He gave a quote that was said by a man who had lost his wife in one of the World Trade Centers. The man said that he was "glad this man's evil is off of this world forever."

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Walt Disney & Tangled

A few weekends ago, I got to see the Walt Disney movie Tangled. It was so good that I watched it every single day for a week or two. If I recall, the first time I watched it, it made me laugh and cry. I laughed when Rapunzel hit Flynn with the frying pan and squealed. I also laughed when she threatened to hit him again with the pan. I cried when she believed he left her and took the crown. I smiled with love when the both of them sang their duet. I was so into the movie that I wanted my parents to also watch it. One day, dad and I watched the movie. I was scared that, because it was a Disney (and specifically a princess) movie he would not like it. Whenever he would laugh, I would smile because I knew he was enjoying the movie. I think that, for an early birthday present, I want mom to watch the movie with me (my birthday is on Monday and she has Saturday off). Currently, I am listening to Tangled while I am writing this. I know, probably annoying and most likely a lot of people would not watch the same movie over and over again. Mom had asked one of the employees at the Flower Department in Martin's if they would get any balloons from Tangled anytime. Mom wanted to get me a Tangled balloon for my birthday!

For some reason, I have been into the Disney Princesses. It might be because of Tangled. I asked mom and dad if, for my birthday, I could get the Disney Princess dolls set because Rapunzel was in the set. I said that if I could not have the set, I would like to start with two dolls: Rapunzel and Flynn. I also asked them if I can get two dolls a month so that I could have the entire set of princesses and their princes. So, I ended up getting Rapunzel and Flynn! I was practically jumping for joy when I received them. Now, I am only waiting to get the okay to order another two dolls. I figure I will get them in this order: Tiana and Naveen, Mulan and Shang, Pocahontas and John Smith, Jasmine and Aladdin, Belle and Adam (Beast), Ariel and Eric, Aurora and Phillip, Cinderella and Charming, and Snow White and Ferdinand. I figured if I get two a month, I will receive the last couple in December. Just in time for Christmas! I have been so into the princesses these past few weeks that I want to make a CD with the songs that the princesses sing or represents them. Also, I want to make a calendar that has the princesses and their princes. An example would be that January would have Snow White and Prince Ferdinand. I hope that I can make a CD, a calendar, and get all of the princesses. There is a video on YouTube that someone made, using all ten princesses. When I found the video, I watched it over and over again because I was so into the princesses. And I still love it!

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Mid-Term Break

Sigh. Last Friday, I wanted to write that I was on mid-term break for the next week. But, I kept on forgetting about it. So, here I am, on the last day of break. So this is what I did: I had homework that I wanted to work on; I watched Tangled over and over again; my dad and I had to do some work for a wedding that we are doing in June... There was a lot of things that I did. Okay, well, for homework, I did do a few things but I mostly just relaxed without doing much this past week. Unfortunately, when I go back to school, I have to do homework. I have a test that I have to take on Wednesday and then next Monday, I have another test. These tests are mid-term exams. I just do not know why we did not take them before break that way we did not have to worry about taking tests when we returned. Well, I am just glad that I only have two months left in the school year and then a month for May term. So, in total, I have three months left for school.

So, for the wedding that my dad and I are doing in June: Chris Elliott's mother is getting married in June to Leon. Dad and I were at her house yesterday to go over music for the wedding. We heard that her pastor was having a problem with her marrying Leon and other stuff. Well, instead of having the wedding at her church which is only a few miles from the house, the wedding will most likely be at a church in Bremen. Right now, it is only sketchy. Now, the music! My aspect. So, for Char and Leon's first dance, they were going to have Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's It's Your Love. Dad went through the list of songs I have on my computer and had me play Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand's I Finally Found Someone for Char. She called him over (after it was done) and had him listen to it. In the end, they chose I Finally Found Someone. Last night when I was in my room, I listened to It's Your Love because I wanted to know how it went. Well, I am glad that they chose Bryan and Barbra because Tim and Faith's "duet" was mostly him singing and her joining him for bits and pieces of the chorus. It mostly would have been coming from Leon's point-of-view. Now, Bryan and Barbra, when one sings their section, the other is singing a few lines, they sing the chorus together, and everything else that they do in the song. Also, with this song, it is an actual duet and it is coming from both points-of-view. I love the song, and I am glad that they chose it because, like I said, it is coming from both of their views.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Christmas 2010, New Year’s 2011

I write this on December 31, 2010. Finished at 11:43 PM.

Christmas this year was poor. I mean, not that it sucked, just that we all got at least one gift. Mom received a sweater (which was unfortunately not the correct size so she gave it to Sarah) and a book. Dad received two boxes of M&Ms, two boxes of another candy, and a wire for the speakers. Sarah got $100 and a Christmas bear. I also got $100 and the Christmas bear. Although we got the Christmas bears a few weeks before because I was so worried about not getting one. It is practically a tradition now that every year (although it has not been every year) we get a Christmas bear. This year, our bears were blue just because mom’s favorite color this holiday was blue. I did not like it because our other bears are red and green. Mom and dad broke the tradition on the color of the bears. I would not care if Sarah’s bear was blue and mine was red and green. Well, I am not going to complain because at least I got a bear.

Guess what I did with my $100! I bought a Kindle from Amazon. I bought the $189 one because I get a FREE Wi-Fi connection from Amazon. The technology in that one to receive a signal is the same as that which is used in a cell phone. I had a $50 bill from the October wedding dad and I did. I said that I would not use it because it was the first time I had ever possessed a $50 bill. Mom and dad owed me thirty dollars because I had let them use my money that I received for turning in my books and keys. So that gave me $180. Dad gave me a ten because I had asked them if they could cover the last nine dollars for my Kindle. So, I ordered it on Friday (Sarah and I had received the money early Friday) after I had put all of the money I had received in the bank before noon because that was when they closed. I received it on Tuesday because it was two-day shipping. So far, I have forty books on my Kindle! I am so happy! I am obviously looking to put a lot more on it!

Quite unbelievably, there were tornadoes in the U.S. today! I could not believe it! December 31st, and there are tornadoes in the United States! Heck, even Jasper County was under a Tornado Watch earlier this afternoon! There were no other watches in the Michiana area.

New Year’s Eve/Day was, I do not know, suck-y. Sarah went out; Mom was watching a channel for the New Year’s Eve/Day celebration. I think it is channel 57. I prefer to watch 16 because they show other countries celebrating as the hour approaches; Dad has most likely fallen asleep on the couch already; and I am sitting here, in my room, listening to music on my MP3, and writing this.

Well, I must go so that I can finish and start the year being bored with nothing to do.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Last Day of Class!

Whew! I am so exhausted! I can’t believe that today is the last day of class. Well, that is, without including exams. I only have two more classes today. Unfortunately, instead of getting to stay home all day tomorrow, I have to go back up to school to pick up my yearbook. For French, I had the choice to do the oral part of the exam either tomorrow or Thursday, and I decided to do it tomorrow after I pick up my yearbook that way I could get one part of exams taken care of. As they say, “Kill two birds with one stone.” Wednesday, I do not have any exams so that means I can stay home all day! On Thursday, I have the written part of my French exam at 3:30. At least I will not have to leave home until about quarter to three. On Friday, I have my History exam. Unfortunately, it is at eight in the morning. That means that I am going to have to get up at 6:30 or 6:40 at the latest. I have not been up that early for school in several months, if not over a year. Well, I just can’t wait to be done with the exam on Friday because I can go home directly after (hopefully I can be done by nine) and I do not have to worry about school anymore! Well, for four weeks instead of three!

It has been snowing. I am so excited that it is. But I do not expect there to be much snow this year just like last year. What I mean is that last year, the news kept on saying, “Oh, we are going to get ten inches of snow tonight and into tomorrow.” I wake up the next morning and there is barely a dusting on the ground. So, when my parents say that we are supposed to get ten inches or something, I am like, “Yeah. I will believe it when I see it.” Last year, when Michigan was getting all of the snow or somewhere west, I would tell my parents, “Let’s move to (wherever it was that got snow).” Obviously, as you can probably tell, my favorite season is winter. I love the snow, Christmas (you can’t have Christmas without snow), and the trees behind the house when it snows. Such beauty. Another thing that I also love is the fact that when you get home, you can make some hot cocoa. You can even add marshmallows if you want! Ooh, now I am making myself thirsty for some! The only thing that I do not like is the wind. Now that is terrible during the winter. Maybe during the summer when it is a hundred degrees out because it can help cool you down, just a tad bit, but not during the winter when it is ten degrees out. Sigh. Well, that is the price people have to pay during their favorite season.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving! 2010

Well, I am a few days late on posting this, but when am I ever on time? Thanksgiving was good, until Sarah had to go and ruin it. Mom had made noodles and used the broth from chicken soup and a can of Cream of Chicken. Well, Mom had asked Sarah how it was, and Sarah basically said that it sucked and that she (mom) should stick to the usual way of making noodles. And then, several minutes later, when a song from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra came on, Sarah asked me if I remember blah, blah, blah, and I was like, “Yes, Sarah! I know!” Then she left the front room to go to her room. Every single time that song comes on, she always has to ask me the same question. It is really annoying. It is just as bad as dad telling me the same story or something every week. I know, people! Leave me alone! Whenever someone says something to me that I heard a million times before, I tell them that I know in an irritated voice because 1) I am irritated for being for a million and two times and 2) I know! It is so annoying.

We watched A Christmas Carol. The version with Jim Carrey. It reminds me of the black and white version from 1951. That is my favorite one. I have seen a few versions of A Christmas Carol and the 1951 version is by far the best. For dinner, I had turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls, noodles, and deviled eggs. Later, I had a slice of ice cream cake, cucumbers, carrots, ranch, strawberries, and grapes. And that does not include what I drank (which was only a few cans of Sierra Mist). Other than all of the food and watching a movie and Sarah being a brat, it was a decent Thanksgiving.

Also, the Christmas lights in the house were on. There were the lights on: the tree, two of the windows, the two hanging from the ceiling, and the one in my room. When I got up, I watched Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. At one point, when it went on a commercial break, I went into my room and took the three foot Christmas tree out of my closet. I took it out to the front room and turned the lights on. One by one, between nine and eleven-thirty, Dad, Mom, and Sarah woke up. When I got home last night (Sunday), I saw that the lights in the window that has the air conditioner was on.

On Saturday, we got a puppy. Her name is Indie. She is Sarah’s dog. She is only about six weeks old. She is cute and very playful. She tries to play with our other dog, Peyton, but he keeps on getting away from her. The only time when they will be near each other is when one or both of them are asleep.

After today, I only have seven more days of school. I am so excited to go on break. A well-deserved break nonetheless. A four week well-deserved break, that is.